"Clinical Nursing Calculations is an essential text for teaching dosage calculation to undergraduate nursing students. The text employs the CASE approach, which is a step-by-step method for performing dosage calculations. The author team draws from extensive experience across the continuum of care to bring readers a truly informative and dynamic resource. Clinical Nursing Calculations has been expertly organized into four sections for easy navigation: Mathematics Overview, Principles of Medication Administration, Basic Dosage and Intravenous Calculations, and Advanced Calculations. In addition to clinical calculation coverage, the text also features expanded content on nutrition, insulin pencalculations, and the legal implications of medication administration. The Joint Commission and the Institute for Safe Medication Practice guidelines regarding safe medication administration are also featured. To facilitate learning, students will find examples in both electronic medication administration record (eMAR) and electronic health record format. This text can be used as a primary text for a dosage calculations course or as a supplemental text within a nursing program or pharmacology course"--Publisher's description.

Basic math -- Systems of measurement -- Medication administration equipment -- Medication orders -- Interpretation of medication labels and package inserts -- Elements of safe medication administration -- Dosage calculations -- Enteral medication dosage calculations -- Parenteral medication dosage calculations -- Infusion therapy and calculations -- Solution calculations -- Dosage calculations for special patient populations -- Hydration and nutrition calculations -- High-alert medications -- Critical care calculations -- Appendices. Calculating with complex fractions -- Apothecary system -- The Joint Commission's do not use list -- ISMP's list of error-prone abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations -- ISMP's list of confused drug names -- Adult nomogram -- Weight-based heparin protocol adjusted according to anti-factor Xa assay.